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Reviewed 2026-07-02

HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Ownership, control, relationships, and source records for HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
Ownership receipt

What we can say clearly

HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is marked red because reviewed ownership records connect the facility to private-equity ownership or control. The detailed chain and source links are below.

Finding
CMS-corroborated PE ownership record
Last reviewed
2026-07-02
Evidence
7 cited sources
Documented warningOwned or controlled by private equity

HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER has a completed North Carolina state-template dossier baseline with official identity, CMS enrollment/owner context when matched, CMS Care Compare point-in-time context when matched, HCRIS financial/utilization context when matched, and explicit limitations for missing fields. Unsupported ownership, compensation, labor, quality-trend, or causation claims are not inferred.

CMS-corroborated PE ownership record
Last verified Jun 2026
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Control Map

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sponsors
Apollo Global ManagementLifePoint Health
reported ownership or operating chain
LifePoint HealthHAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
owns an interest in
LIFEPOINT HOLDINGS 2 LLCHAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Evidence limits

Red color requiredCMS enrollment match used where available13 ownership sources checked7 total sources below
Direct PE ownershipDocumented PE ownership/control signal
PE relationshipPE-owned or PE-controlled in reviewed sources
OperatorLifePoint Health
Population served

HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER is shown with official-source baseline context for North Carolina. Missing fields remain visible instead of being inferred.

Review Note

Why this page is published

government-corroborated

Publish state-template completion fields while preserving explicit unavailable/searched-not-found limitations.

Ownership & Control

Detailed records, kept below the answer

Sponsor, operator, CMS legal-owner/control records, and facility are shown as separate evidence layers.

See the full ownership chain
sponsorsApollo Global Management → LifePoint Health

The tracker supplies the sponsor-to-platform attribution; CMS does not independently reproduce every sponsor name.

reported ownership or operating chainLifePoint Health → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

The platform attribution comes from the research tracker and is displayed separately from CMS legal-owner rows.

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HOLDINGS 2 LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

owns an interest inDSB ACQUISITION LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 11/16/2018

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HOSPITALS HOLDINGS LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 06/26/2014

governsELMER POLITE → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 06/01/2023

owns an interest inDLP HEALTHCARE LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 100% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

owns an interest inHISTORIC LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 06/26/2014

owns an interest inLIFEPOINT HEALTH INC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 11/16/2018

governsMARCUS POPPELL → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

governsCHARLOTTE LAWRENCE → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 03/24/2022

owns an interest inDLP PARTNER LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

controls or managesDLP PARTNER LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL · 100% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

governsJOHN GROOMS → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 11/01/2016

governsCHRISTOPHER MONTE → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

CORPORATE OFFICER · 0% reported ownership · associated 08/01/2014

owns an interest inLEGACY LIFEPOINT HEALTH LLC → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST · 97% reported ownership · associated 06/26/2014

is associated withSUSAN SHUGART → HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE · 0% reported ownership · associated 05/26/2025

  • CMS owner rows establish enrolled legal ownership or control roles; they do not always name the ultimate financial sponsor.
  • Sponsor and portfolio-company labels come from the cited tracker or primary portfolio evidence.

Timeline

Ownership history and events

  1. Acquisition date reported

    Date supplied by the April 3, 2026 PE hospital tracker snapshot.

  2. owns

    The tracker identifies LifePoint Health in the PE ownership chain, and CMS supplies current enrolled-owner records for the facility.

  3. cms owner context

    CMS Hospital All Owners rows are attached as current owner/control context. They do not by themselves prove private-equity sponsorship unless the row says so or another cited source supports it.

  4. operates

    State-template baseline operator/owner context assembled from current hospital fields and matched official sources where available. This is not a new PE ownership claim.

Metrics

Financial and utilization series

MetricPeriodValueMethod note
net patient revenue08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$187,480,729Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023$148,154,808Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$139,013,647Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net patient revenue08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$131,306,665Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$177,367,420Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023$151,972,546Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$138,807,728Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
operating expense08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$130,201,505Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$13,660,314Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023-$418,360Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$2,940,314Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
net income08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$7,998,495Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$86,440,199Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023$77,066,452Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$65,064,517Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total assets08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$57,442,371Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$18,270,938Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023$26,188,756Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$13,050,719Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
total liabilities08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$9,150,566Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024$6,319,223Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023$8,074,655Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022$887,837Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
contract labor direct patient care08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021$1,552,215Hospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024693 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023626.52 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022635.86 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
fte employees08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021694.15 FTEHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds08/01/2023 to 07/31/2024121 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds08/01/2022 to 07/31/2023121 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds08/01/2021 to 07/31/2022121 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
beds08/01/2020 to 07/31/2021121 bedsHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days08/01/2023 to 07/31/202420,978 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days08/01/2022 to 07/31/202319,214 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days08/01/2021 to 07/31/202217,375 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
patient days08/01/2020 to 07/31/202115,966 daysHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges08/01/2023 to 07/31/20244,744 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges08/01/2022 to 07/31/20234,228 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges08/01/2021 to 07/31/20223,583 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.
discharges08/01/2020 to 07/31/20213,622 dischargesHospital Provider Cost Report value. Compare only like fields and compatible fiscal periods; no causal inference is implied.

Evidence Notes

Contradictions, limitations, and unavailable fields

Open evidence notes
Limitation

This five-state template completion pass used official cached CMS/HIFLD/PESP/HCRIS sources and records missing items; it does not claim the entire internet was exhausted.

Unavailable

source-backed local CEO/current leader

Unavailable

official CEO image URL

Unavailable

facility-level CEO compensation amount

Direct connection

Reported parent system or portfolio company: LifePoint Health.

Direct connection

Reported investment sponsor: Apollo Global Management.

Direct connection

Operator/owner context: LifePoint Health.

Direct connection

CMS Care Compare ownership category: Government - Hospital District or Authority.

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Sources

Evidence and source documents

governmentHospitals RAPTHomeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level DataresearchPrivate Equity Hospital TrackerPrivate Equity Stakeholder ProjectgovernmentHospital EnrollmentsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital All OwnersCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital Provider Cost ReportsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesgovernmentHospital General InformationCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services